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Squat work is all straight weight. I have a full set of bands (#1 mini - #5 large), but Im not sure how to incorporate them into my squats. I replaced the bottom bolts on all four corners with a home made version of band pegs that I just started using for bench and deads.

Squat work is all straight weight. I have a full set of bands (#1 mini - #5 large), but Im not sure how to incorporate them into my squats. I replaced the bottom bolts on all four corners with a home made version of band pegs that I just started using for bench and deads.

you can see if that kind of variation will work for you, the 4th week deload isn't required, but squatting against tension tends to beat you up just a bit more than otherwise.

The point of using accommodating resistance is to give you added variation and to train various portions of the strength curve. I can take the same movement, a low box squat and turn it into 7 or 8 different movements by adding different types and variations of contrast, specialty bars, etc.

Nice! Ill try this, looks like fun and I assume the percentages are based off a 1RM.

yeah, I base them off my best meet squat in whatever gear i'm using, but I don't stick to the percentages anymore, because I've learned that for me, whatever I'm fast with is what's going to work whether its 375lbs (48%), 415lbs (54%) or 455lbs (59%)